The sky will bring a magnificent show on earth as another meteor shower will occur on August 12 and 13. Poised as another astronomical phenomenon, the extraordinary event was named Perseid Meteor Shower which usually happens during the month of August every year.
American talk show host Oprah Winfrey regained the title of the most powerful celebrity alive, beating Hollywood screen goddess Angelina Jolie who fell to No. 18 in this year’s Forbes Celebrity Power 100 List. The celebrity rankings are based on earnings in the past 12 months (June 1, 2009 to June 1, 2010) and visibility [...]
A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake has just struck off the Solomon Islands in the western Pacific according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). No damages or tsunami alerts have been issued at this point.
Local authorities in Iceland verified that a volcano near the Eyjafallajoekull glacier is erupting. Reports say that the first eruption happened at around 11:30pm Saturday (1930 EDT). It was the first time in many years since the volcano beneath the glacier has erupted. The last recorded occurrence was in 1821.
Topics on religion always causes a stir among people and as much as possible, talking about the issue during parties, meetings or gathering is being avoided. Online, looks like Google is taking a different approach about the matter. Take this simple test: Type in ‘Christianity is’ at Google and you will find a bunch of [...]
Photo Credit: Reesie Typhoon Ondoy (International Name: Typhoon Ketsana) has literally swept the Metro Manila area and the neighboring provinces last week (September 26-27) when the typhoon submerged the country into waters. This deadly typhoon killed almost 300 people and has also damaged P5 billion properties. Ondoy’s wrath is not the first ever and would [...]
Photo Credit: Azrael Two years ago, Janette Toral of Digital Filipino initiated a ‘Writing Project’ about the first ever Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs in the world wide web. Just like this year, the 2007 candidates for the writing project is not only exclusive to the Philippine blogosphere but from all over the world. The [...]
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin forever inspired a generation of scientists when they became the first humans to land on the moon. In fact, their famous ‘moonwalk’ (yeah, these guys were the ‘original’ moonwalkers) still captures the imagination of people until today. So, in commemoration of their 40th anniversary, let me share to you some [...]
A new book entitled ‘Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and its Aftermath’ was launched by authors Michael Norman and Elizabeth Norman in America.
Angelina Jolie is the top earning actress in Hollywood, pocketing $27 million last year according to a Forbes.com study. Jolie, a UN humanitarian and a mother of 6 leads the pack due to her profit share in the movie “Wanted” and a large upfront payment on another action thriller movie “Salt”.
